What would you think if you called your doctor’s office a week after getting a CT scan to diagnose a coronary artery disease condition and the nurse who answered the phone could not give any update or status on the topic whatsoever – even after placing you on hold while she attempted to contact the radiology and cardiology departments trying to track down the matter? That’s exactly what happened to me yesterday when I called VA Easter Colorado Healthcare. OBTW, I was on hold for ALMOST AND HOUR to begin with. Sheeeesh.
Had a scary episode and evening in the Lafayette Good Samaritan ER 2 April after experiencing significant chest pains. Then I went back and forth with the Denver VA nursing corps attempting to determine if I actually required any medical care at all. Saw my VA doc in Denver back on the 5th of May for what amounted to the initial consultation on what appears to be some sort of cardiovascular condition. Now coming up on four months later, I’ve so far had two of what will probably end up being three or four total diagnostic tests before they determine if anything needs done.
At this point we don’t even have a preliminary diagnosis.